This movie was great, while also having amazing potential. With a bigger budget and some character development this honestly could have been a 9 in the horror world.
Was it genuinely terrifying? For me, hell yeah. While there were some jump scares, it didn't heavily rely on cheap tricks and it really sunk its teeth into the atmospheric terror in each scene. The cgi and practical effects were... not amazing. I was shocked to see it was made when it was because the cgi and even the quality of the picture looked about 10 years old. However, the monster concept/design was totally there. I'd say it has more to do with budget (although the kid looked gnarly). If you can get past that, the monsters are super creepy.
I really found the plot and general concept very interesting. Multiple of these paranormal happenings in a confined area, playing out the way they did... it was cool and felt generally original to me. I wish we had more explanation and background on exactly what and why it was happening.
I also wish they had given us more character development/ character arc/ anything at all with any of the characters... we really did not get much at all on that front. However, they were good characters, a bit cliche but it worked fine for me. Acting was good across the board. It's hard to truly tell as an English speaker, but Rosentok's performance stuck out to me as a bit over the top.
Over all I thought this was a genuinely entertaining horror and I was actually scared for the first time in a while. It wasn't perfect but I would absolutely recommend to any horror fan, but if you're not into HORROR horror I would probably pass haha
SN: I watched this on Shudder and the subtitles were trash, just FYI. Like, I barley know Spanish and I know they were not always correct. Also, whole lines were missing captions at times. It was annoying, however don't let it deter you.
Was it genuinely terrifying? For me, hell yeah. While there were some jump scares, it didn't heavily rely on cheap tricks and it really sunk its teeth into the atmospheric terror in each scene. The cgi and practical effects were... not amazing. I was shocked to see it was made when it was because the cgi and even the quality of the picture looked about 10 years old. However, the monster concept/design was totally there. I'd say it has more to do with budget (although the kid looked gnarly). If you can get past that, the monsters are super creepy.
I really found the plot and general concept very interesting. Multiple of these paranormal happenings in a confined area, playing out the way they did... it was cool and felt generally original to me. I wish we had more explanation and background on exactly what and why it was happening.
I also wish they had given us more character development/ character arc/ anything at all with any of the characters... we really did not get much at all on that front. However, they were good characters, a bit cliche but it worked fine for me. Acting was good across the board. It's hard to truly tell as an English speaker, but Rosentok's performance stuck out to me as a bit over the top.
Over all I thought this was a genuinely entertaining horror and I was actually scared for the first time in a while. It wasn't perfect but I would absolutely recommend to any horror fan, but if you're not into HORROR horror I would probably pass haha
SN: I watched this on Shudder and the subtitles were trash, just FYI. Like, I barley know Spanish and I know they were not always correct. Also, whole lines were missing captions at times. It was annoying, however don't let it deter you.